Mark Millar is credited with several comic book triumphs such as “Superman: Red Son” and “The Ultimates,” but it’s his creator-owned works such as “Wanted” and “Kick-Ass” that are getting the most attention in Hollywood, the latter of which is currently in post-production.

In fact, the Scottish comics writer’s upcoming Nicolas Cage-starrer has already received so much early buzz that a sequel is currently in the works. Millar told SCI FI Wire that “Kick-Ass 2″ will be underway a lot sooner than some fans might expect — within the next two years, even. Read more…

To the surprise of many, “Pooh’s Heffalump” screenwriter Evan Spiliotopoulos was announced last week as the new writer for “Wanted 2,” the sequel to the 2008 film based on Mark Millar and J.G. Jones’ comic book series.

Spiliotopoulos appears to have taken over the writing duties from original “Wanted” movie scribe Chris Morgan, who told MTV News back in November that he was working on a more “global” story for the sequel.

Earlier this week, Millar addressed concerns about the former “Pooh” writer on his website’s message boards, explaining the basis for Spiliotopoulos’ selection and teasing that there’s blockbuster-level money at play in the development of “Wanted 2.” Read more…

By Josh Wigler

It’s one of those “good news, bad news” type of days for “Wanted” writer Mark Millar. Hot on the heels of his report that his “Superman” movie trilogy is “not happening” comes word that another of Millar’s comic books will get the big-screen treatment.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mark Millar will reunite with “Kick-Ass” director Matthew Vaughn for “American Jesus,” based on Millar’s comic book property of the same name. Vaughn is reportedly looking to this film as his next directing vehicle to start this summer. Read more…

By Josh Wigler

When it comes to “Superman,” Mark Millar himself has been a Man of Steel of sorts — but he’s not invincible (though some would call him “Kick-Ass“). No, Millar’s resemblance to metal stems from his stalwart desire to write a trilogy of “Superman” films as part of Warner Bros’ planned reboot of the “Superman” movie franchise.

Unfortunately for Millar and his fans, it looks like the Scottish scribe won’t be flying up, up and away with Kal-El anytime soon. In a recent post on his message board, Millar wrote that the WB’s “Superman” plans “seem to be in stasis right now.” Read more…

You have to hand it to Mark Millar. He’s certainly making the best of Hollywood’s interest in anything with his name attached to it. Take, for instance, the resurfacing of Millar’s pitch for an epic, live-action Superman story that would involve multiple films and chronicle the entire life of DC’s favorite Kryptonian superhero.

EmpireOnline has a brief interview with Millar that reveals a few more details about the massive pitch, which he compares to the “Godfather” trilogy in its birth-to-death take on a single character.

“I want to start on Krypton, a thousand years ago,” said Millar, “and end with Superman alone on Planet Earth, the last being left on the planet, as the yellow sun turns red and starts to supernova, and he loses his powers.” Read more…

There was a double shot of “Kick-Ass” popping up on the ‘Webs today, with two new photos from the set appearing online and some updates posted to the online journal of Chloe Moretz, the 11-year-old actress playing the pre-teen vigilante Hit Girl.

The /film crew has two new photos from the set, which feature a good look at Aaron Johnson in costume as the title character, Kick-Ass, and our first look at Christopher Mintz-Plasse in costume as Red Mist. Previously, we’d seen the Kick-Ass costume on one of Johnson’s doubles for the film, and seen numerous photos of the Red Mist’s suped-up car, but nothing of Mintz-Plasse in character. We’ve posted one of the new photos after the jump. Read more…

After a whole week of no news coming out of the “Kick-Ass” camp, four behind-the-scenes videos from the production have been leaked onto YouTube. The ultra-violent Mark Millar comic turned possibly-toned-down Nicolas Cage vehicle (who is joined by a host of young Hollywood up-and-comers, including Chloe Moretz, Clark Duke and Christopher Mintz-Plasse), recently wrapped up filming in London and is currently on location in Toronto, and fans have had plenty to get excited about thanks to the numerous leaked photos from the set.

Check out one of the clips below, and for a handy-dandy shortcut to all four clips (where you can catch glimpses of the stars in their costumes), bounce on over to SuperHeroHype.com, where they have them all posted for your “Kick-Ass” viewing pleasure.

What do you think, Splash Pagers? Is Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn delivering a solid representation of the film, judging by these videos? Let us know what you think in the comments.

Confirming an ambiguously worded post on Mark Millar’s personal blog several weeks ago, Variety reports that the writer’s six-issue “War Heroes” series for Image Comics is indeed headed to theaters, with Sony picking up the rights to the story.

The studio’s Columbia Pictures imprint is now looking for a writer to adapt the series, which kicked off in June and had its second issue hit shelves September 17. Millar and the series’ artist and co-creator Tony Harris will be executive producers on the project, along with Zach Schiff Abrams. “Ghost Rider” and “Blade II” producer Michael de Luca is set to produce “War Heroes.” Read more…

It seems like photos from the Toronto set of “Kick-Ass”, the big-screen adaptation of Mark Millar’s ultraviolent series, have been popping up around the grid with some frequency lately. This time around, someone has posted a set of pictures showing off two cars used in “Kick-Ass” production.

One set of images centers on the smashed taxi seen in the opening of both the first issue of the comic and possibly the film. The before-and-after shots reveal the system of pulleys used to dent the car when — if the film holds true to the comic — a costumed character falls out of the sky and onto the vehicle’s roof. In the images, the license plate of the taxi reads “Kick-Ass.”

The second set of images reveals a tricked-out car that, according to the photographer’s comments, is the ride used by actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s character, The Red Mist. We’ve posted one of the photos after the jump. Read more…

There’s been a lot of discussion regarding how close the film version of Mark Millar’s “Kick-Ass” will come to its comics counterpart — especially with regard to the level of violence in the series — but a trio of photos leaked from the set of the film seem to indicate that the project is indeed staying close its roots.

SlashFilm has posted three photos from the set of the Matthew Vaughn film that seem to show a near-exact recreation of one of the opening scenes from the print series. In the print version of the scene, a costumed character with makeshift wings falls from the sky onto a vehicle, smashing the car’s hood.

The SlashFilm reader who sent the photos offered up the following description of the scene he witnessed: “They seemed to be shooting the opening shots of the movie. The camera starts off facing the wrecked taxi and ends up on a close up of the license plate that reads ‘Kick-Ass’.”

We’ve posted one of the images from the set after the jump, along with one of the panels from its comics counterpart. Read more…